A much abused 15 year-old barmaid from the East End of London and is sold as a “wife” to a farmer in the Cape of Good Hope Province in Marie, South Africa by an unscrupulous Pastor. The farmer treats her as a chattel abusing her constantly. Her life improves considerably when the farmer dies in an accident and she marries Rory Collett. They eventually move to the Kimberley diamond fields and become citizens of standing. They finally move to the City of Gold, Johannesburg, where they found the mighty “Collett Corporation”. The death of Rory Collett signals the beginning of a Matriarchal Dynasty ....